Search / Search Results Simple Search | Search Help | Disclaimer   Your Search Criteria Search Words masculinities08 Found 17 Matches  Displaying 1 of 17   1. Date Added to Site: Monday, 3rd March 2008 Title Politicising Masculinities: Beyond the Personal Author Esplen, E and Greig, A. Document Type Report Publication Date March 2008 Summary What does it take to politicise existing work with men on gender? This publication captures some of the exciting new thinking and possibilities that emerged from an IDS symposium on 'Politicising Masculinities', held in Dakar, Senegal, in October 2007. View Short Summary 2. Date Added to Site: Friday, 25th April 2008 Title How can Donors Contribute Towards Increased Male Engagement in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Including HIV Author Dover, P. Document Type Policy Document Publication Date October 2007 Summary How can bilateral donors support work with men for gender equality and help move the 'masculinities agenda' forward? View Short Summary 3. Date Added to Site: Friday, 25th April 2008 Title Commentary: Broad Based Gender Sensitisation: the Real HIV and AIDS Intervention Author Coats, G. Document Type Report Publication Date October 2007 Summary This paper reports on a workshop hosted by the South African AIDS Trust in South Africa, which was intended to help integrate a gender perspective in their HIV/AIDS programmes and raise awareness among staff of gendered roles, expectations and inequalities in South African society. View Short Summary 4. Date Added to Site: Sunday, 27th April 2008 Title Militarised and Religious: the Double-bind Confronting Ugandan Men Author Dolan, C. Document Type Research Publication Date October 2007 Summary This paper shows how, in Uganda, political actors play a key role in constructing and deploying particular models of masculinity. View Short Summary 5. Date Added to Site: Sunday, 27th April 2008 Title Promotion of Human Rights and Gender Equality Related to Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Among Youth in Low-Income Areas of Buenos Aires Suburbs, Argentina Author Vazquez, M. Document Type Case Study Publication Date October 2007 Summary This paper presents the strategies and results obtained from a sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS programme working with youth from low-income suburbs of Buenos Aires, Argentina. View Short Summary 6. Date Added to Site: Sunday, 27th April 2008 Title Careful Interventions: Masculinity and the Condom Crisis Author Lewis, J. Document Type Background Document Publication Date October 2007 Summary Do prevailing ideas about how 'real men' should behave undermine effective condom use? View Short Summary 7. Date Added to Site: Sunday, 27th April 2008 Title Masculinities, Power and the Epidemic: Messages of Social Research Author Connell, R. Document Type Research Publication Date October 2007 Summary This paper maps out what has been learnt from research on masculinities since the 1980s, and explores a new field of research that is opening up concerning forms of gender in transnational arenas (such as the masculinisation of capital market trading floors) and the ways they interact with local gender orders. View Short Summary 8. Date Added to Site: Sunday, 27th April 2008 Title Men and the Search for Gender Equity: South African Conversations with my Sister Author Morrell, R. Document Type Background Document Publication Date October 2007 Summary Should men be beneficiaries of gender work? This is the question at the heart of this paper. View Short Summary 9. Date Added to Site: Sunday, 27th April 2008 Title “Bring Me My Machine Gun”: Contesting Patriarchy and Rape Culture in the Wake of the Jacob Zuma Rape Trial Author Peacock, D. and Khumalo, B. Document Type Research Publication Date October 2007 Summary Opening with a harrowing account of the trauma inflicted by rape on a gender activist in South Africa, this paper draws out key lessons about rape in South Africa. View Short Summary 10. Date Added to Site: Monday, 28th April 2008 Title ‘Brothers are Doing it for Themselves’: Remaking Masculinities in South Africa Author Robins, S Document Type Research Publication Date October 2007 Summary This paper discusses how men's support groups in South Africa, such as Khululeka, are changing negative stereotypes of men, by promoting ideas and practices of male responsibility in the context of HIV/AIDS. View Short Summary 11. Date Added to Site: Monday, 28th April 2008 Title Promoting Men to Respond to HIV/AIDS Author Sophiny, P Document Type Research Publication Date October 2007 Summary This paper highlights the work of the Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance (Khana) with target groups such as men who have sex with men (MSM), youth, drug users, and married couples View Short Summary 12. Date Added to Site: Monday, 28th April 2008 Title Are Men Interested in Engaging in the Struggle for Gender Justice and Broader Social Change – or What Would Make Them Interested? Author Silberschmidt, M. Document Type Research Publication Date October 2007 Summary This paper argues that due to the centrality of men's income earning power in constructions of masculinity, men's sense of 'manhood' may suffer when they lack work and cash and are unable to provide economically for their family or girlfriends. View Short Summary 13. Date Added to Site: Monday, 28th April 2008 Title Changing Masculinities in Nicaragua: A Community Based Approach Author Welsh, P. Document Type Case Study Publication Date October 2007 Summary This paper describes the background and political context in which community initiatives in Nicaragua began working with men against violence, including the theoretical framework, strategies, and critical assessment of their application. View Short Summary 14. Date Added to Site: Wednesday, 30th April 2008 Title Vulnerability in Masculinities: Straightening Out a Queer Concept in HIV, Gender and Development? Author Edstrom, E. Document Type Background Document Publication Date October 2007 Summary 'Vulnerability' has become a key concept in drawing linkages between HIV, gender and development. This paper argues, however, that misunderstandings of 'vulnerability' have tended to reinforce unhelpful gender stereotypes and have alienated men from engaging in HIV prevention efforts. View Short Summary 15. Date Added to Site: Thursday, 1st May 2008 Title The Individual and the Political: Promundo’s Evolving Approaches in Engaging Young Men in Transforming Masculinities Author Barker, G., Nascimento, M., Ricardo, C. and Segundo, M. Document Type Report Publication Date October 2007 Summary How can resistance to inequitable and/or violent forms of masculinity be promoted? Instituto Promundo - a Brazilian initiative against gender violence - focuses on promoting positive masculinities. View Short Summary 16. Date Added to Site: Friday, 25th April 2008 Title Policy Approaches to Working with Men to Improve Men’s Health and Achieve Gender Equality Author Sonke Gender Justice Document Type Report Publication Date September 2007 Summary How is South African policy addressing men's attitudes in areas such as health, violence and substance abuse? View Short Summary 17. Date Added to Site: Monday, 28th April 2008 Title Men, Health and Gender Equality: A Report on the National Men’s Imbizo Author Greig, A. Document Type Report Publication Date September 2007 Summary This report-back on the South African National Men's Imbizo highlights the need for a twin-track approach to men, health and gender equality - to address both male power and its influence on women's health, and gender norms and their influence on men's health. View Short Summary  Displaying 1 of 17   (From this page only) Simple Search | Search Help | Disclaimer